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And Woody Says - - -

Woody Paige puts fun and witty sayings on his chalk board on the ESPN show, "Around the Horn"

Here are my faves from Paige:

* "Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon!"

* "Those who throw dirt only lose ground."

* "I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger."

* "The road to success is always under construction."

* "I fish, therefore I lie."

* "Dear Algebra, stop asking us to find your X, she's not coming back and I know Y."

* "Teamwork means never having to take all the blame."

* "I barely survived yesterday and now it's already today!"

* "Do you call Santa's helpers subordinate clauses?"

* "So, how many days DID it take to build Rome?"

* "Cancel my subscription, I'm tired of your issues."

* "Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday."

* "Don't sweat petty things . . . or pet sweaty things"

* "Two wrongs are only the beginning"

* "Worrying works. 90% of the things I worry about never happen."

* "I finally got my head together, and now my body is falling apart."

* "When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess?"

* "Legend: A lie that has the dignity of age."

* "A diamond is forever: The payments are longer."

* "When in doubt, mumble: When in trouble, delegate: When in charge, ponder."

* "I don't have an attitude; I have a personality you can't handle."

* "When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!"

* "It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot."

* "An eye for an eye leaves the world blind."

* "Sports do not build character, they reveal it!"

* "Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture"

* "I'm in shape - round IS a shape."

* "Money talks, but all mine says is "good-bye."

* "If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?"

* "Love is blind but marriage is a real eye-opener!"

* "A dog has an owner. A cat has a staff"

* "I'd like to have more self-esteem, but I don't deserve it!"

* "Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is."

* "Nothing is fool proof to a talented fool."

* "Bacteria - the back door of a cafeteria."

* "Nostalgia isn't what it used to be."

* "Stressed spelled backwards is desserts."

* "As I said before, I never repeat myself."

* "Corduroy pillows: they're making headlines!"

* "Young at heart, slightly older in other places."

* "(I'm) proof that evolution can go in reverse"

* "My reality check bounced"

* "If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?"

* "I hate people who steal my ideas before I think of them."

* "I was uncool before uncool was cool."

* "Middle age: When your age starts to show around your middle"

* "Do not disturb, I'm already disturbed."

* "If an open door is ajar, is an open jar adoor?"

* "March Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change."

* "Telepath Wanted: You know where to apply!"

* "The information went data way"

* "I'm bilingual - I speak English and SMACK!"

* "Mental floss prevents moral decay."

* "Why use a big word when a diminutive one will do?"

* "Why is abbreviation such a long word?"

* "I can see clearly now, the brain is gone."

* "Every morning is the dawn of a new error"

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Quotes of Note

You're born a male but you have to CHOOSE to be a man" - Herm Edwards

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that" - Unknown

"They err who think Santa Clause comes down through the chimney; he really enters through the heart." - Mrs. Paul M. Ell

"Thankfully, our true roots are in heritage and not things. I just need to keep reminding myself that things are only reminders of heritage." - Keetha Broyles, June 21, 2010

"Tears lubricate the soul." - from "Finding Buck McHenry"

"Somehow you must come to understand that God is love, that love is the proof of God, and forgiveness is the proof of love." - The Priest in "Levi's Will" by W. Dale Cramer

"The truth about a man is in what he does, not what he says." - W. Dale Cramer in "Levi's Will"

"Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." - G. K. Chesterton

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From Debby at "Just Breathe"

From Carol at "Old Glory Cottage"

From Lori E at "Family Trees May Contain Nuts"

From Molly, Vivienne, and Mub

From Kyooty and Lori R at "Altered Glass"

From Vivienne at "The V Spot"

From Grace at "Growing Old With Grace, Lynn at "It's a July Thing", and Joycee at "Granny Mountain"

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Friday, October 26, 2012

Sometimes I Just Get SOOOO Riled UP

WARNING: This post is about one of my pet peeves and will feature me standing up tall on my soapbox. Continue at your own risk, we do NOT provide lifeguards!

I made this post way back in 2006 when I first started blogging. Today another blogger mentioned hearing a similar "critique" of blogging.

I say, the internet is NOT a narrow one way path and hobby bloggers (like moi) are NOT choking the road for the others - - - so leave us alone and let us hobby, k?

And without further ado I rerun:..

"No One Cares What You Ate For Lunch"First posted on 12/05/06

Is, I believe, the title of a book written by a woman I heard being interviewed on NPR the other morning. The purpose of the book was to instruct people on how to make an interesting blog.

It sounded to me that she thought talking about food was boring.

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I disagree. I enjoy TALKING about, ..

READING about,..

And SEEING photos of food on blogs...

I think Miss "NPRauthor-interviewee" used her blog as an online department store of unusual goods and services.

I think THAT is boring!

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I guess my little nonpoint here is this - - - - the blogs I like are the ones where people share random things from their real lives, things like visits to pumpkin patches, chocolate desserts, children and their antics, fun quotes, frog princes, pies in the face, football, name the baby contests, choose the Christmas picture contests,Pig Latin essays, and funny anecdotes. I really don't want to spend my free time perusing someone's sales pitch.

And - - - - - for all who are wondering, and even for those who are not, I had leftovers for lunch.

27 comments:

Thank you for sticking up for me! I feel vindicated in my un-importance.

And for lunch today I had chowder made with potatoes and whatever veggies, cheese, and scraps of meat I could find in the fridge. (I was needing to go the store.) It was yummy. Thanks for asking. But no pictures. Sorry.

I don't like the blogs with all the foo-foo. Turns me off. I love the blogs that are about real stories, the ones you get to make new friends, the ones you laugh with and sometimes cry with. Those are the blogs that mean something special.

Hey Keetha,I am still in Arizona and on a strange timeclock. But you hit the nail on the head with this post! I read a blog recently that told all the do's and dont's and I was so put off. I really and truly think that the best part of blogging for me has been the friends I have made. And i don't give a hoot about the so called rules.Hugs friend,back to Wisc. on Sunday.Cindy

When I first started to write my blog I was bombarded by others who informed me of the do's and don'ts. After two years of blogging here is my big beef ~ I was told that one must always thank the hostess of a party. Okay, that sounds like common etiquette to me. However, blog parties have become a way to advertise one's blog. The hostess of a big party rarely stops by to say hi or say thanks for joining in and giving me another hit and maybe clicking on an ad or two and putting a few dollars in my pocket. All these rules that the big players insist upon, but never follow. I say blaze your own trail and wear blinders. Have a great weekend. I had cottage cheese for lunch.

I agree with you on that one. I enjoy "family style" blogs a lot more than all the ones trying to sell you stuff, tell you what you need for your home, wardrobe etc. Now I love "crafty" blogs as long as it doesn't involve me running out buying certain items...

I so completely agree! When one mentions blog to a nonblogger, the first thing they think of is oh no, here is an attentionhungry person who just wants to get their opinion of whatever out there. But it's not. And people don't get that.

Ha! I love it when you get on your soapbox! I blog because I want to and most of my friends in blogland do the same. I don't care if some crazy reviewer thinks my blog is boring.....as if! :). It's real life for me matey!

In fact I once told my husband that I don't like the blogs that are money makers and he said "heavens no! You wouldn't want to make money" I don't know what he meant!

So lets keep on with doing what we want on out blogs and if some don't like it or find us boring, their loss!

I have difficulty writing my blog, some days. The world seems to be falling to ruin and here I am posting about my Annie Sloan Paint makeover!I enjoy reading blogs because my friends, whether they be the 1% or the 47% or the 3%, are real people whose lives I find interesting and who make the world a bit lighter for the time it takes to read about what they had for lunch.My cat had a tin of "Tuna With Peas" for lunch. I haven't decided what I will have yet.

Keetha I love your blog because it is you and random and funny and well you!! I am ME on my blog and write about the things I love and so if someone doesn't like it they can KISS MY GRITS! Oh and I had leftovers for lunch today. Love you as you are! hugs, Linda

That was a great post, glad you shared it again. I write about my life and if that includes what I ate for lunch so be it! I haven't had lunch yet but I had a breakfast bar and we are having pork chops for dinner :)

Amen, sister!There's room enough for all of us.My blog is silly but it is MINE, and as my Grandma used to say when she put dinner on the table, "That's all there is, and what are you going to do about it?"

I had a reader once email me, saying she was not going to read my blog anymore because it was all about me.HUH? Well of course it's about me ... I don't know enough about anything else to write about!

This subject resonates with a great many of us, I see. If folks want to have a blog that promotes their wares, or advertises as the Tappet Brothers say, "The Shameless Commerce Division" they can go for it. But I get plenty of unsolicited advertising, thank you. I'd rather just hang out with my friends, and get recipes, see their grandkids, or dogs, or hear what interests them today. Yarn, books, flu, car trouble, pet peeves. It's all good. Even football...sniff!

I'll join you up on that soapbox. I can always count on my fellow bloggers to lift my spirits, inspire, humor, entertain, or make me hungry whenever I need that boost. Just reading your post right now, did all those things at the same time! How more perfect can blogging be?! ...I'm really hungry now for what looks like a Burrito from Moe's.....

I'll join you up on that soapbox. I can always count on my fellow bloggers to lift my spirits, inspire, humor, entertain, or make me hungry whenever I need that boost. Just reading your post right now, did all those things at the same time! How more perfect can blogging be?! ...I'm really hungry now for what looks like a Burrito from Moe's.....

No one is MAKING me read blogs, so if I was tired of hearing what someone had for lunch, I could simply stop reading. But I seem to enjoy being able to peek in on people's lives, and what they eat tells you something about them. I am eating cinnamon raisin toast with real butter for breakfast at this very moment. I thought you should know. ;)